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Claire Fiddian-Green: To protect our kids, we must limit social media
While certainly an unpopular decision among young people, we’ll all be better off in the long run.
Abdul-Hakim Shabazz: This Christmas, I want civility for my neighbors
We can have a spirited debate. I’ve never had a problem with that.
Jennifer Wagner Chartier: Let’s find more happiness in the next election season
Politics has long run on fear and anger, but it’s hard to ignore how much hotter that rage fire burns in the age of social media and widespread misinformation and disinformation campaigns.
Rep. Ed DeLaney: What laurels may the Indiana Republicans rest on?
These mighty engines are full of braggadocio but empty of substance.
Deborah Daniels: Students need better education on Jewish history
There cannot be a clearer case of blaming the victim.
Pierre Atlas: Israel faced a moral dilemma in responding to Oct. 7
Unlike Israel, Hamas has no struggle with a ‘moral dilemma.’
Brad Rateike: Find your ‘foxhole’ people, hold them tight
It is not even a ‘friendship’ thing; it is a character thing.
Shariq Siddiqui: To increase philanthropic giving, close the pay gap
Women of all faiths have long been important figures in making our families, communities, societies and world better, despite having to fight inequality.
Mayor Joe Hogsett: Changing formula would benefit growing communities
In fact, our struggle in Indy is the canary in the coal mine for any fast-growing Hoosier community.
Ryan Hoff: Rather than urban vs. rural, focus on responsibility
The question is whether the state should focus funding on units with larger infrastructure responsibilities.
Claire Fiddian-Green: How employers can increase civic engagement
According to the same Trust Barometer, respondents trust ‘my CEO’ and ‘my colleagues’ far more than government leaders or journalists.
Deborah Daniels: What’s going to break our hate-and-terror fever?
While one must be careful about drawing comparisons, there are some disturbing parallels between the 1920s and today.
Dana Black: Technology fuels hateful rhetoric. Let’s love first.
Individuals, reinforced by others, feel compelled to move based on what they feel inside.
Jennifer Wagner Chartier: When did marijuana become so commonplace?
Growing up during the ‘war on drugs,’ I was firmly convinced that just one breath of weed smoke would have me hooked on cocaine the rest of my life.
Karen Celestino-Horseman: Demanding a cease fire in Middle East will do nothing
To make such an argument is naive and dangerous, as it further divides our country in a time we need to be united.
Curt Smith: America must stand with Israel and Jews worldwide
Courage, not cowardice, is the call.
Jim Shella: These unfathomable things keep happening
The video of bombings is live on the TV news, and the stories are being told in real time by victims in both Israel and Gaza.
Abdul-Hakim Shabazz: Here’s some political food for thought
RCV is fundamentally the same approach used at caucuses and state conventions.
Rep. Ed DeLaney: Mike Pence: Running away from good deeds
Mike’s number one accomplishment as governor was the extension of health care benefits to hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers. He has downplayed this success.